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Nordhaus–Gaddum problems for power domination
Discrete Applied Mathematics
  • Katherine F. Benson, Westminster College - Fulton
  • Daniela Ferrero, Texas State University - San Marcos
  • Mary Flagg, University of St. Thomas
  • Veronika Furst, Fort Lewis College
  • Leslie Hogben, Iowa State University and American Institute of Mathematics
  • Violeta Vasilevska, Utah Valley University
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Accepted Manuscript
Publication Date
12-31-2018
DOI
10.1016/j.dam.2018.06.004
Abstract

A power dominating set of a graph G is a set S of vertices that can observe the entire graph under the rules that (1) the closed neighborhood of every vertex in S is observed, and (2) if a vertex and all but one of its neighbors are observed, then the remaining neighbor is observed; the second rule is applied iteratively. The power domination number of G, denoted by gamma p(G), is the minimum number of vertices in a power dominating set. A Nordhaus-Gaddum problem for power domination is to determine a tight lower or upper bound on gamma p(G) + gamma p(G) or gamma p(G).gamma p(G), where G denotes the complement of G. The upper and lower Nordhaus-Gaddum bounds over all graphs for the power domination number follow from known bounds on the domination number and examples. In this note we improve the upper sum bound for the power domination number substantially for graphs having the property that both the graph and its complement are connected. For these graphs, our bound is tight and is also significantly better than the corresponding bound for the domination number. We also improve the product upper bound for the power domination number for graphs with certain properties.

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This is a manuscript of an article published as Benson, Katherine F., Daniela Ferrero, Mary Flagg, Veronika Furst, Leslie Hogben, and Violeta Vasilevska. "Nordhaus–Gaddum problems for power domination." Discrete Applied Mathematics 251 (2018): 103-113. DOI: 10.1016/j.dam.2018.06.004. Posted with permission.

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Katherine F. Benson, Daniela Ferrero, Mary Flagg, Veronika Furst, et al.. "Nordhaus–Gaddum problems for power domination" Discrete Applied Mathematics Vol. 251 (2018) p. 103 - 113
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/leslie-hogben/98/